Easier Powdered Laundry Detergent:
1 bar soap (Ivory/Dove/Fels-Naptha...)
1/2 cup Borax
1/2 cup Washing Soda (or Ph Plus, as long as it is Sodium Carbonate, it will work!)
-Cut the bar of soap into a few manageable chunks. Put in food processor until pretty well ground up.
-Add other ingredients to the ground soap in the processor and let it run for 30 seconds or so
Do-It-Yourself Liquid Laundry Detergent
coutesy of Hannah Tate
5 gallon Bucket
1c. Borax
1c. Washing Soda (Ph Plus works also)
1 bar Soap (Fels-Naptha or Dove)
Water
-Shave or grate bar soap into a bowl of warm water and stir to dissolve. Pour through a strainer into a 5 gallon bucket. Add 5 gallons of water to remaining ingredients, stir to combine. It will gel as it cools, to fully set it takes a day or two. Stir periodically as it can separate. Use 1/2c. in wash.
Laundry Soap Powder
1cup grated Bar Soap (Ivory/Dove/Fels-Naptha...)
1/2 cup Borax
1/2 cup Washing Soda (Ph Plus works also)
-Sift ingredients together. Use 2 tbsp in a medium/large load. Use a little more for heavily soiled clothing.
*Tip: once in water, swirl around a little to make sure it is dissolved before adding clothes. You will be less likely to end up with dusty, white marks!*
